The collaborative language learning attributes of cyber face-to-face interaction: The perspectives of the learner

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 311-330

  Wang, Yuping ^a   Chen, Nian Shing ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

collaborative language learning; cyber face to face interaction; Synchronous Learning Management System; synchronous online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863930877     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494821003769081     Document Type: Article

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